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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Perth?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’s own page.

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Hong Kong 50, Perth 86: Perth leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Perth 58: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Perth 42: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Perth 42: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Perth 72: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Perth 48: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Perth 74: Hong Kong leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Perth 55: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Perth 44: Hong Kong leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Perth 28: Perth leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Perth 50: Hong Kong leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Perth 38: Hong Kong leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Perth.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongPerth
Official languageStandard ChineseEnglish
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number999000
Elevation7 m2 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongPerth
City population7,413,0702,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km3915
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.